Xmas Eve family get together, and a very tired Husband!

We didn't leave home to head to PJ till about 7.50pm last night... Took the Penchala tunnel route because earlier, when I had dropped my Mum back at PJ, the Damansara toll was backed up all the way to Bangsar, and I did not want to sit in THAT jam with Husband in the car! Via the Penchala link, onto the LDP, it was also jammed, but it still took less than 30 minutes to get to our PJ house. If we had gone via D'sara, it would have taken us 30 minutes just to get TO the toll, and then another 20 minutes to get to the turn onto the LDP, and then another 20 minutes to get to our house!! Ain't it wonderful - paying toll for the "privilege" of being stuck in a traffic jam for hours on end???

Got to our house, Husband had to go lie down straight away. Luckily my parents bedroom is downstairs, so he was able to lie down there, instead of having to make his way up the stairs to the bedroom! Gave him a dose of liquid morphine before he lay down as he was hurting all over. The pain patch does not work as well as the morphine tablets do, so I have to check with the pain management doctor whether I can replace it every 2 days, or maybe use 2 at one time. My poor Husband :-(.

Xmas Eve dinner was pretty darned good. Roast leg of lamb with roast potatoes, beef cutlets, fried chicken, beef stew, potato bread, salad - every single item cooked from scratch by my sis (lamb/potato), my mum (cutlets/chicken/salad), me (stew), sis-in-law (bread)... My mum had made chicken soup for Husband, but he could not even eat that, as he finds everything just too strong tasting nowadays. The only things he has been able to eat have been oats porridge and rice porridge, both of which are pretty mild flavoured. He has not even been able to eat the chicken stew I made for him a few days ago. Ended up wasted, cos I don't eat stew anyway :-p...

We took a break after dinner and Peng and I walked over to my sisters house (just 3 houses away) with her to check out her new kitchen - very nice indeed, and then we made the kids really happy by having the present giving session. Which was then followed by an over abundance of desserts --> apple pie (made by bro and sis-in-law), Xmas pudding (made by bro), Xmas cake (made by sis-in-law), mince pies (made by sis), choc chip cookies (made by sis). Husband got up from bed and came and lay down on the sofa to keep us company during the present giving session, but he had to go and lie down again after that.

And now it is Xmas day. We were supposed to go to PJ for breakfast and lunch, following our usual Xmas style... but Husband is definitely not up to another outing today, so it is going to be a quiet Xmas at home. Will go to the deli later (just round the corner) to get some of their yummy breakfast stuff... to cook for breakfast tomorrow, as my bro and sis-in-law and the kids are coming over for breakfast...

Peng is catching up on her work - as her office is in CN and they don't break for Xmas!!

Please continue to keep Husband in your thoughts and prayers, as he is really tired, in pain, and exhausted, and needs more strength, and less pain.

Till next time, stay safe, stay HEALTHY!